Practising for inlay

[Chris152]

I'm heading to Yandles soon to get some interesting wood so will be buying some powder there to try inlays, but in the meantime thought I'd have a go with paint. I did the recessed circle with a parting tool, covered the rest of the face with sanding sealer, painted the recess with black paint and then sanded back. The wood's London plane and it's about 10" diameter.

 

[Dalboy]

Looks good so you should not have any problems when you get some inlay material. London Plain is a nice wood to turn and can have some very striking grain, I have a load of it

 

[Chris152]

Thanks Dalboy. I really like the painted recess, so did another today. I've been wondering about keeping the turning lines in places so thought I'd give that a go here too.

 

[MikeG.]

That London Plain is a surprisingly nice wood. It has hints of elm about it. Like the first one, hate the second.......but it's only a practise piece.